So why “5-Ring-Life”, you may ask? Our lives tend to be crazy. The things that happen to us are things that people think … “can that really be true?” We’ve said in the past that our lives separately as well as together are like a circus … and we picked “Five Ring” as opposed to “Three Ring” because … between us … we have the circus ring called “Jill”, the circus ring from Jill’s prior life events, the circus ring called “Roy”, the circus ring from Roy’s prior life events, and then the circus ring called “JCRP”, which is both Jill & Roy together. We’ll just put it this way … as a friend told us once … Hollywood couldn’t make up the stuff that happens to us – even they would think that those life events are too “out there” to be really true.

So … this is about Jill and Roy as well as those that are important to us … most notably, the 4 adult children that are part of our lives – Logan, Keegan, and Kara along with our son-in-law, Alex. You may also get the random post about how we love our kitty cats (yes we’re crazy cat people but not *THAT* kind of “crazy cat people”) or about our Australian Cattle Dog (Queensland Heeler) named Outback (or lovingly nicknamed … and you have to say this as all one word … “CrazyDog”). We’ll put in stories; weird happenings; joys, triumphs, and hurts; recipes; whatever. We’re just who we are and that’s all that we can be.

We aren’t afraid to tackle volatile subjects either. Common wisdom MAY say not to discuss politics or religion amongst friends, neighbors, and/or acquaintances. Guess what? We’ve never felt the need to follow “common wisdom”. That would be no fun at all.

We have both been through quite a bit in life – highs & lows, ups & downs, everything in between. We have seen & handled a lot of things that many in their entire lives haven’t & never will. We have managed through all to maintain our sense of humor & dignity (sometimes anyway), & we’ve continued forward. We like to say you can push us under water, but we will always bubble back to the top no matter what. We offer practicality, a sense of humor, and basic life experience (along with the ways we get by).